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1876 August 2nd Cloudy and drenching rain this
morning little cooler. fixing to Plow up my
turnip patch to day. Peter walking about
doing nothing, marking fence around Tobacco
ground Turnips Plowed, & cleaning up about it
cloudy all day Edmond worming and [Tossing?]
over his tobacco, Peter came to see me & wants
to rent his house & [field?] me his Tobacco [& etc?]
around the the new Barn.
3 Edmond & his Boys & Peter fencing this day cloudy
& like for rain weather moderate: - cloudy
Nearly all day & rained some, weather
still warm & Cloudy.
4th Rained hard last night cloudy this day
⁴¹³ ground very wet Peter & Edmond [Jimmie?] [& etc?] fencing
around corn field trying to get [done] tomorrow
Edmond [Duns?] & me agreed for him to go away
Next year & come after that If I let him know
I want him. I expect to rent out next year
& sell Out this fall quite warm & Cloudy--
5. Edmond & Peter finished fence around big
field to day. I am going to Mount Airy P.O.
Cloudy & like for rain. ^I Lent Mr. Woodings my
wheat farm yesterday. Warm weather --
6 Sunday Stayed at home & very poorly
7. Clear morning quite warm. Plowing
Tobacco Turnip Patch [& etc?]. I am going to Mo[unt?]
Airy this morning to carry some butter
8.^th went to [Reseville?] to day to see Jacob [& etc?]
Clear pretty morning expect to machine
Wheat [& etc?] at [m?] Mr Woodings 10 day
Carried my coat to Mary James this day
& she is to cut out my waistcoat & send it
to me by Jacob -- before long. Edmond
did not get done plowing his Tobacco 10
day = Peter gone to association this evening
& Edmond is to Plow & work his Tobacco
for him as I understand.